Back In the Day: Enhanced Danica Patrick Takes Early Lead On NASCAR

I'm gonna brag a little here, so bear with me please. Many of those who know me, know that I hate the overused phrase - back in the day. But I am putting that cliche into use - stealing it from Dale Earnhardt Jr, - for a series of re-posts of some classics from the Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie blog.

I'm dragging out some of the best of, what I think was, the best of the early NASCAR/racing blogs. Bloggers don't really blog much anymore. It's more about Facebook and Twitter now.

But - back in the day - bloggers like 4Ever3 (Bob Ellis), the Diecast Dude (Jerry Wilson), Matt Mercer of the Catfish Show, Clance (Church of the Great Oval) and the late, great Marc Boland of Full Throttle and Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie - had a real community. We commented on each other's posts. Argued, often vehemently (isn't that right Jerry?).

I miss it.

So I decided to dig up some treasure, including the original comments. If you've been doing this as long as me, you will recognize some names. Leave some fresh comments here to add to the history.

This one is from January 6, 2009. Danica Patrick had stiffed Steve and I, for a radio interview On Pit Row.

I admit to being a bit pissed that ON PIT ROW got dissed by Danica Patrick recently. But you have to give the diva of open wheel racing – and her handlers – some cred for NASCAResque promotional cajones.

I got this from Marc and Full Throttle – which is another example of FT being the best there is in NASCAR’s blogosphere. Go Daddy has a new Super Bowl promo featuring the overrated one in a video ogle-off that ought to light up the GoDaddy site from now through February.

I haven’t seen anything nearly as original – or as fun – as this from anybody on the stock car side of things this whole winter. Apparently the subjects of the kingdom of France are all too busy whining about how tight money is. Better get going you guys. One of Tony George’s crew just stole some of your February monopoly.

FYI, Ms Patrick was in our town this week to speak at an annual, Italian-American Sports Hall-of-Fame dinner. A dinner at which event, Dick Vitale, the late Al Maguire and recently, Mario Andretti have spoken. When Andretti was here, we had him on the show. Danica, however, couldn’t be bothered.

2 Responses to "Back In the Day: Enhanced Danica Patrick Takes Early Lead On NASCAR"

Thoroughly enjoyed the article and most definitely the comments about Danica! It is my belief that she is in NASCAR to sell her brand, which is a good looking female that drives race cars. However, will she ever be a race winner, probably not. will she ever be a sprint Cup champion, absolutely not!

She can drive a race car, journeyman at best, but her big dollar sponsorship (GoDaddy) is all that is keeping her in NASCAR.

There are better, and more deserving, race car drivers that could make it in NASCAR- Bryan Clausen and Josh Wise are just two that comes to mind. However, absent the big dollar sponsorship, these two talented drivers toil in obscurity!

It will be very interesting to see what comes of Danica at the end of 2015, that is the end of her current contract with SHR.

I am not a Danica hater, just a realist when it comes to her abilities!

What…WHAT is wrong with you guys!!! THIS woman has more dangling enatomy than ANY OF YOU WINERS!!! I don’t see ANY of you guys up there on the circuit working the “GO FAST, TURN LEFT”!!! At least SHE walks the walk….. Speaking of “Walk, There isn’t ANYTHING wrong with that “rear end”!…I would follow that “Draft”…..ANYDAY! All respects intended, thank you.